The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) criticized today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which invalidated a 2002 federal law permitting Jerusalem-born Americans to list “Israel” as their birthplace on their passports.  In a 6-3 vote, the Court concluded that the President has the exclusive power to grant formal recognition to a foreign sovereign, and […]

T he Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is shocked and deeply critical of President Barack Obama’s recent statement, in an interview on Israeli TV, that military action against Iran would be ineffective in preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power. This statement contradicts his repeated commitments since before becoming president that “all options are on […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) condemns the shameful treatment and threats that Moroccan authorities and spectators meted out this past weekend to the Israeli judo team at the World Masters Judo Tournament in Rabat, Morocco, a qualifying event for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro.    When the seven-member […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly praises University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and former Governor of Arizona, for personally agreeing with the U.S. Department of State’s definition of anti-Semitism, and for agreeing that the UC Regents should adopt the definition.  The State Department recognizes that […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton Klein released the following statement:   In a speech today at Adas Israel Synagogue in Washington, D.C., President Obama voiced his usual empty flowery platitudes about having Israel’s back and never allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons, and even asserted that he was “an honorary member of the […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) warns that Iranian leaders’ recent intransigent declarations demanding 24 days’ notice before inspection, forbidding inspections of military sites, forbidding speaking to nuclear scientists, and Iranian threats of a cataclysmic war that destroys America make the Iran nuclear deal being negotiated a frightening catastrophe.   This week (on Wednesday May […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly praises both houses of the Illinois legislature for unanimously passing anti-boycott bills HB4011 and SB1761, and strongly praises Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner for pledging to sign this important anti-boycott legislation.   Governor Rauner tweeted: “Looking forward to signing #SB1761 making IL first in the nation to fight BDS against […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) urges Mahmoud Abbas a/k/a Abu Mazen to heed Pope Francis’ advice to become an angel of peace.   Abbas obtained his PhD in Holocaust denial, financed the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, co-founded the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) terror group, and has continued to promote terror […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)’s Special Projects Director and Long Island-Queens Region Executive Director Elizabeth Berney, Esq. will be a featured speaker at the opening panel discussion at 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. this Sunday, May 17th at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale’s Yom Yerushalayim event, located at 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY […]

Two hundred Americans attended a “Draw the Prophet” event in Garland, Texas, where cartoons about Muhammad, whom Muslims call their prophet, were drawn.  This event was apparently a response to an earlier “Stand by the Prophet” event, which took place in the same hall and called for restrictions on speech offensive to Islam. Two heavily-armed […]